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... humour . A sense of humour leads you to take pleasure in the discrepancies of human nature ; it leads you to mistrust great professions and look for the unworthy motive that they conceal ; the dis- parity between appearance and reality ...
... humour . A sense of humour leads you to take pleasure in the discrepancies of human nature ; it leads you to mistrust great professions and look for the unworthy motive that they conceal ; the dis- parity between appearance and reality ...
Page 253
... that he was . The answers that he would provide to the questions that puzzled me must satisfy me because they would be the only possible answers to fit my humour . For some time I was much attracted by the pragmatists [ 253 ] THE SUMMING ...
... that he was . The answers that he would provide to the questions that puzzled me must satisfy me because they would be the only possible answers to fit my humour . For some time I was much attracted by the pragmatists [ 253 ] THE SUMMING ...
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... humour makes to the tragic absurdity of fate . Unlike beauty , it can be perfect without being tedious , and , greater than love , time does not wither its delight . But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this ...
... humour makes to the tragic absurdity of fate . Unlike beauty , it can be perfect without being tedious , and , greater than love , time does not wither its delight . But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this ...
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